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In geodesy and navigation, a meridian arc is the curve between two points near the Earth's surface having the same longitude. The term may refer either to a segment of the meridian, or to its length.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Meridian arc | is a | curve between two points near the Earth's surface having the same longitude | 0.90 | text |
| WGS 84 | instance of | especially the geocentric ellipsoids now used for global coordinate systems | 0.80 | text |
| Plessis 1817 | instance of | The analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids | 0.80 | text |
| Airy 1830 | instance of | The analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids | 0.80 | text |
| Bessel 1841 | instance of | The analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids | 0.80 | text |
| Everest 1830 | instance of | The analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids | 0.80 | text |
| and Clarke 1866 | instance of | The analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids | 0.80 | text |
| Mathematica | instance of | These functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs | 0.80 | text |
| Maxima.Series expansionsThe above integral may be expressed as an infinite truncated series by expanding the integrand in a Taylor series | instance of | These functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs | 0.80 | text |
| performing the resulting integrals term by term | instance of | These functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs | 0.80 | text |
| and expressing the result as a trigonometric series | instance of | These functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs | 0.80 | text |
| Maxima | instance of | These functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs | 0.80 | text |
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